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单词 head constable
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head constable
head constable n. a senior or chief constable (in later use as a specific rank in certain police forces, notably in India and Pakistan where it is approximately equivalent to a police sergeant elsewhere).
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1562 Coll. Substaunce Certaine Necessary Statutes in Proclam. Observ. Certein Statutes sig. I.iiiv The sayde Churchwardens shal haue aucthoritie..to cal the said Baylife and head Constable before the Iustices of peace or two of them.
1798 J. Black Let. 8 Sept. in True Briton (1799) 29 Oct. He is Head Constable at Paramatta, and is much respected.
1839 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 24 July This reserve force is to consist of two chief constables, four head constables, and two hundred constables and sub-constables.
1868 Ann. Rep. Admin. Bengal Presidency i. 29 There are..two road posts in the Chittagong District, at which 2 head constables and 8 constables are employed.
1923 Scotsman 23 Mar. 4/5 Others who were presented [to the Prince of Wales] included Mr F. H. Caldwall, Head Constable of Liverpool; Mr G. Everitt, Assistant Head Constable of the city; [etc.].
1994 Friday Times (Lahore) 18 Aug. 8/5 The constable was stronger than the head constable and she threw her boss to the floor.
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